Drowning in the nostalgia of middle school me
Monday night I got reacquainted with the middle school me. I don’t want to brag, but I like that girl. She was cool, in an awkward nerdy way. It was really nice to remember how goofy and loving I used...
View ArticleLets look at a bunch of flowers, eh?
I scrolled through my blog and it’s just so very full of words. So let’s keep it easy for this Monday and stick with a photo dump. The trip to the Butchart Gardens in Victoria BC was a birthday...
View ArticleWhat I read in April
The past few months have definitely been a lot more about art than literature–both in the sense of creating and consuming, but there you go. I’m getting better at building a reading schedule into my...
View ArticleWhat to Wear to Coffee
I’m linking up with Nicole from Gypsy In Jasper today for the What to Wear series. If you want to join, our next one is May 16th when we’ll show off our spring dresses! I’ll admit, I wore this on a...
View ArticleOrigin Story Time
Hey readers–I figure you don’t want to hear my rant for the next couple hundred words about shitty dog owners and obnoxious people, so let’s take a detour back to the beginnings of this blog. *Oh that...
View ArticleI stopped living in denial last week
I’ve had this secret that I’ve been hanging onto, guys, and I’ve been clutching to it pretty tightly. I figured it didn’t matter, and no one needed to know and I could just ignore it forever. Then I...
View ArticleTime to love my body
My friend Alicia posted a brilliantly honest piece on her blog this morning that I can not encourage you strongly enough to read. The online world, which is usually a fair echo of the real world, seems...
View ArticleAn Easy Outfit
The thing about changing the color of your hair is that you can’t pretend that old photos are anything but. Still, I found these photos buried away and realized I never posted them (right?! because...
View ArticleBoxers or Briefs
Pun is courtesy of David after I asked him what breed Lyra looks like. I’ve stopped seeing her as a dog, or as a breed, a long time ago–happens when you’ve had a dog for the dog’s entire life, I...
View ArticleThe Best Advice My Mother Gave Me
I was fourteen and outing myself to her. Mom, I told her, I’m bisexual. The semantics aren’t that important as bi would turn to gay would turn back to bi would turn to I’m tired of definitions and I...
View ArticleMy Apartment Is Not On Fire
So I spent a year living in this tiny basement apartment that was adorable and nearly picture perfect except that it wasn’t properly sealed*. Which meant it slowly evolved into the perfect habitat for...
View ArticleAnd down the rabbit hole we go!
I promise this space isn’t going to turn into a food blog, or a healthy-eating blog. After all, how can it, when I forget to eat most days but still have ice cream on like a daily basis? That being...
View ArticleI Have A Fear of White Fabric
So I’ve been this horrible combination of super busy and over extended and sick all week, and I legitimately forgot it was Thursday. Right. Back to the prompt–spring dresses–I have a fear of white...
View ArticleI don’t actually want to own a gun
This morning’s version of David & I’s usual text routine. I’ve been sick and have a hard time sleeping in, so he’s been pushing the whole don’t-wake-up-early thing. Me: Good morning! I turned of...
View ArticleThe Gargoyle Memoirs #4
Staying for further studies has proved most erroneous. The female, in the midst of the morning’s unexpected frenzy, has enlisted my unwilling aid in writing for her. What has her so busy she can’t...
View ArticlePulitzer Book Review: The Executioner’s Song
I’m super embarrassed to realize I never actually posted a review of this book, especially since I loved it so much. This is part of my goal to read a Pulitzer Prize book a month, which you can read...
View ArticleI don’t like horror movies but if I did
I would totally recommend Cabin In The Woods and also also John Dies At The End*. Seriously though I’m not one for horror movies. Avoiding violence in media is something I used to pride myself on, that...
View ArticleThe Twenty Dollar Pizza Tip
So I spent a year living in this tiny basement apartment that was adorable and nearly picture perfect except that it wasn’t properly sealed*. Which meant it slowly evolved into the perfect habitat for...
View ArticleSharing Is Caring Even When There’s Latin Involved
It’s been a secret goal of mine to start sharing more of my artwork online, instead of just talking about how I’m always working on art projects. I mean, it’s nothing special, but I like to show a lot...
View ArticleMore than space between Washington to California
Growing up we used to take monthly, almost weekly trips to California from our end of northern Washington. We’d drive through Oregon usually without stopping, and it was a place I never gave any though...
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